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They have a name for girls like me. flat films

30" x 24" digital prints, set of 8 prints // 2011 - ongoing

They have a name for girls like me. exhibition, Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2017
Flat Film: Deborah Foreman as Julie in “Valley Girl” (1983)
installation shot of Flat Film: Gail Ward as Julie in "Educating Julie" (1984)
These photographic works derive from the They have a name for girls like me. video project. I refer to them as “flat films” because they use frames of video, laid out in two-dimensional grids. Each piece represents a few seconds of time from one of the films, usually depicting the Julie character and her love interest. I first created these works to exhibit with the video gallery spaces, such as the Self(ie) Portraits exhibition at Upfor Gallery in 2014, which included a catalog for the group show. The works have also exhibited separate from the

Flat Film: Doris Day as Julie in "Julie" (1956)
installation shot of Flat Film: Doris Day as Julie in "Julie" (1956)
Flat Film: Audrey Totter as Julie in “The Set-Up (1949)
Flat Film: Lakshmi as Julie in "Julie" (1975)
installation shot of Flat Film: Lakshmi as Julie in "Julie" (1975)
Flat Film: Deborah Foreman as Julie in “Valley Girl” (1983)
Flat Film: Betty Grable as Julie in "Three for the Show” (1954)
Flat Film: Isabelle Mejias as Julie in "Julie Darling" (1983)
Flat Film: Lili Taylor as Julie in "Julie Johnson" (2001)
Flat Film: Gail Ward as Julie in "Educating Julie" (1984)

exhibitions
2021: Building Community, curated by Linda Tesner, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University
2017: They have a name for girls like me. exhibition, Upfor Gallery Portland, Oregon
2013: Portland State University Art Department faculty exhibition & benefit auction
2014: Self(ie) Portraits, group show co-curated by Theo Downes-LeGuin & Heather Lee Birdsong, Upfor, Portland, Oregon
Julie Perini is a filmmaker and artist in Portland, Oregon.